Why are the Christians not willing to try the ‘falsification test’?

[Waqas]

‘There will be signs for true believers and among the signs - In my name they shall cast out devils, they shall speak foreign tongues, new tongues, they shall take up serpents - And if they drink deadly poison, they shall not be harmed - And when they place their hand over the sick, they shall be cured.’
Gospel of Mark, Ch. No.16, Verse No.17 and 18

So according to this Test a true christian will be able to drink deadly poison, will be able to speak foreign tongues, will be able to cast out devils and just by placing their hands over the sick they will be cured.

Amazing

[cely]

those verses arent saying that you have to be a able to do those things to be a "true christian"; its saying that if you have enough faith in god that doing those things are possible in certain circumstances. my bible-study leader went to africa on a mission trip, and there was this man who was extremely sick and the whole mission group prayed over him and then he was better. but, this doesnt mean that my bible study leader can go around to hospitals and heal everyone that has a disease. it all has to do with whatever god's plan is, so these things arent going to apply to every christian and it wont apply to a christian all of the time.

[Follows Jesus]

not every one has those gifts

You can only do those things if God has given that gift to you.

Not every one can heal not every one can speak in tongues.

1Co 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

1Co 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

1Co 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

1Co 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

[Jesus]

nah, don't do it

[oldandtired]

Learning from the Bible requires the intelligence to separate the bread from the baloney.

[hot cheetos]

but this all comes from God's Holy Spirit, if the christian is not filled with His Spirit, there is no way this can happen...
to be filled with the Spirit means alot...
of commitment, sacrifice, passion, praying, meditating in His word, and
oh the list goes on,
but unfortunately,
many christians arent filled with the Holy Spirit

[arewethereyet]

Being that I'm not one of the 12 disciples that Jesus spoke of, I don't think I'll do it ... after all God did say not to test him.

[angle_of_deat_69]

so what is your question? the location of your nearset church?